Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] on [num] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir George Strickland 's motion ( having no force of law ) for complete emancipation was passed on 22 May but the government reversed the decision , delegates posed ‘ the Philanthropic and Christian Public ’ whom they represented against such parliamentary manoeuvring . |
| 2 | Begun in 1679 , the new institution was opened on 21 May 1683 . |
| 3 | A further circular was sent on 26 May " calling upon all members to refrain from any further joint activities with the Communist Party and the ILP . |
| 4 | On 29 April , 1986 H.M. Treasury and the Bank of England announced changes in existing regulations to allow the issue of Sterling-denominated Commercial Paper and the first issue was launched on 20 May 1986 . |
| 5 | The child was born on 10 May 1977 and he was adopted two years later . |
| 6 | General Eisenhower 's offer to accept 150,000 surrendered German personnel , including 45,000 Cossacks , into the US-controlled zone was made on 19 May after a request by Allied forces for help in clearing the area . |
| 7 | * Tens of thousands of fish were poisoned on 31 May after rainstorms flooded the Paris sewage system , causing spillage of toxic substances into the River Seine . |
| 8 | A long queue of customers greeted the shop 's opening on 4 May 1970 . |
| 9 | The climax of these celebrations was reached on 20 May , when Franco attended a Te Deum celebrated by the Primate of all Spain , Cardinal Gomá , at which Franco offered the Nationalist victory to God . |
| 10 | Now that trolleybuses were established on the Crystal Palace route , the regulator 's sentry box at the Robin Hood was no longer required and the lease of the site was terminated on 24 May 1937 . |
| 11 | The final drama was played on 3 May , 1924 , with Huddersfield home to Nottingham Forest and Cardiff away to Birmingham . |
| 12 | The following February the Church agreed and allocated £250 ; an organ was dedicated on 29 May 1895 . |
| 13 | Allitt was arrested on 21 May and released the next day . |
| 14 | The letter from Petrarch to Boccaccio was written on 28 May 1362 , and besides casting doubt on the authenticity of the message , contained a fine defence of secular learning . |
| 15 | JOHN McVEIR alias MacDonald of Elistererrarich in Islay was arrested on 22 May 1699 and brought before the Baillie of Islay , Archibald Campbell of Cluaness , and on 8th . |
| 16 | Contracts for the sale of Vertigo were exchanged on 14 May 1985 and completed on 16 August . |
| 17 | By a narrow margin the draft was rejected on 5 May . |
| 18 | Given that the MIT was formed on 13 May 1991 , we had until 12 May 1992 to achieve the objective . |
| 19 | The memorial was unveiled on 25 May , the 50th anniversary , in the presence of 24 veterans , including the then squadron commanders . |
| 20 | Meanwhile at Bruges a truce for one year was agreed on 26 May . |
| 21 | The first Targa Florio was held on 6 May 1906 and that race , like all subsequent ones , was over a difficult and testing winding Sicilian course which varied over the years . |
| 22 | 185 Squadron was formed on 12 May 1941 from ‘ C ’ Flight of 261 Squadron and some spare pilots . |
| 23 | The arrest was made on 4 May and Gandhi was interned in Yeravda jail . |
| 24 | The order to intern all male category B aliens was posted on 16 May . |